Exam 13: Altruism and Prosocial Behaviour

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The norm of reciprocity of helping influences prosocial behaviours in different cultures. Overall, in __________ cultures, the norm of reciprocity is viewed as a matter of personal choice, while in ________ cultures, it is viewed as a moral imperative.

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The idea that we are more likely to help those we are genetically related to is referred to as _______ ________.

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People who live in cities are less likely to help others due to all of the following, except

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In an experiment (Levine, et al., 2005) a group of participants, who were all fans of one soccer team, encountered someone in distress who was either wearing a shirt for their team, a shirt for a rival, or a shirt that was neutral. Participants were much more likely to help the person wearing the shirt for their team, demonstrating the relationship factor of

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What is the relationship between economic productivity of a country and frequency of helping behaviour?

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Kanye is more likely to help his son or his brother than he is to help a stranger. This example best matches which concept?

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Which of the following is not a benefit to the self that people often experience from helping others?

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Not taking responsibility for helping in an emergency because others are present is a byproduct of bystander apathy.

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When people are motivated to help others in order to relieve their own negative feelings they are acting consistent with the

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Research on the influence of children watching prosocial behaviour on television, for example Sesame Street, indicated all of the following, except

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People are more threatened by the success of friends versus strangers, which influences their willingness to help friends; a situation explained by the

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What can be concluded about religion and helping behaviours?

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If you want to make yourself happier, which of these spending actions would probably work best?

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The main difference between the models of altruistic behaviour is that the _______ model describes the self-benefits of helping as being the primary motivation for helping, while the _______ model views the self-benefits as unintended consequences.

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Helping behaviour increases when people are in a good mood, an effect referred to as

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The phenomenon in which people believe that bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people is referred to as

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In Batson et al.'s (1981) study in which participants were asked to trade places with a person who was receiving electric shocks, which group of participants was LEAST likely to trade places?

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Which of the following has been found to be related to willingness to donate one's organs?

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According to your textbook, all of the following are factors that influence one's ability to notice an emergency, except

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The urban overload hypothesis explains which finding?

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